Original contributionEmergency intubation with the combitube®: Comparison with the endotracheal airway
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European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015. Section 3. Adult advanced life support.
2015, ResuscitationCitation Excerpt :The Combitube is a double-lumen tube introduced blindly over the tongue, and provides a route for ventilation whether the tube has passed into the oesophagus. There are many studies of the Combitube in CPR and successful ventilation was achieved in 79–98% of patients.568–576 Two RCTs of the Combitube versus tracheal intubation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest showed no difference in survival.575,576
Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
2015, Emergency Medicine Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Additionally, ventilation through a laryngeal mask airway results in less regurgitation (3.5%) than ventilation with a bag-valve mask (12.4%).95 Supraglottic airways perform as well as, or better than, endotracheal intubation in terms of insertion success, time to insertion, and ventilation parameters.96–104 Supraglottic airways are also excellent rescue devices for difficult/failed intubations in cardiac arrest.97,98,102,105–110
The Patient with a Full Stomach
2013, Benumof and Hagberg's Airway ManagementEsophageal-Tracheal Double-Lumen Airways: The Combitube and EasyTube
2013, Benumof and Hagberg's Airway ManagementEsophageal-Tracheal Double-Lumen Airways: The Combitube and EasyTube
2012, Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management: Third EditionThe Patient with a Full Stomach
2012, Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management: Third Edition
Presented in part at the Fourth International Conference on Emergency Medicine in Washington, DC, May 1992.